Kat HolmesHow Bad Design Perpetuates Harmful StereotypesSpecialized solutions for disadvantaged people often have more to do with negative perceptions than actual needs·9 min read·Oct 3, 2018--6--6
Kat HolmesinAIGA Eye on DesignWhat We’re Leaving Out of the Discussion Around Inclusive DesignTo truly achieve inclusiveness, we need to first look at who we’re excluding.·4 min read·Aug 28, 2018--1--1
Kat HolmesThe Flood | 50,000 gallons and 35,000 wordsMy first mistake in writing a book was assuming that I’d simply expand on stuff that I’d already written. I had spent years researching…3 min read·Apr 4, 2018----
Kat HolmesMismatch | How Inclusion Shapes Design“Disability is a mismatched interaction between the features of a person’s body and the features of the environment in which they live” —…1 min read·Mar 30, 2018----
Kat HolmesJohn Maeda & Kat Holmes on Designing for InclusivenessWe all feel it — our technology feels like a century ahead of us, while our behaviors are reflective of decades before us. The systemic…9 min read·Feb 1, 2018--1--1
Kat HolmesThe Art of a More Perfect UnionI’m sitting at the base of the White House. Public Enemy’s Fight the Power fills the air. The preamble of the Constitution is running…4 min read·Jan 20, 2017----
Kat HolmesinMicrosoft DesignWho Gets to Play?“Inclusive Design doesn’t mean you’re designing one thing for all people. You’re designing a diversity of ways to participate so everyone…5 min read·Oct 15, 2016----